Oil-Eating Microbe Saves the Gulf

Fascinating. Just when we think our planet is crumbling from the inside out in the aftermath of a number of recent manmade and natural disasters, Mother Nature steps in and, seemingly, gives it a helping hand—and/or a gluttonous oil-eating bacteria called gamma-proteobacteria

According to The New York Times, "Oil-eating bacteria exist in significant quantities even in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and may be breaking down submerged oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil leak faster than previously believed, scientists are reporting today."

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If only they would have leaked this gem of info a little sooner. Though a clear interference of science, it makes you wonder what other forces of nature are at work.